M23, Goma

Chaos erupts as M23 rebels seize Goma: What's happening in DR Congo
M23 plans to govern the city of Goma - a key gateway to rich mining areas that produce valuable resources like gold, tin, and coltan - giving the armed group access to trade routes and economic power
Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma
Kenya has announced a virtual crisis summit, but Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi will not attend.
Risk of Regional Conflict Following Fall of Goma and M23 Offensive in the DRC
Shifting calculations by sponsors of the M23 rebel group risk triggering another war in the Great Lakes Region, underscoring importance of African mediators and global partners acting quickly to stem the fighting.
Countries backing DRC rebel group M23 could be assisting in committing war crimes - Lamola
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is part of a United Nations (UN)-backed peacekeeping mission in the DRC city of Goma.
Civilians at increased risk as M23 rebels capture DRC's Goma, rights advocates warn
Fighting between M23 and Democratic Republic of the Congo forces has displaced 400,000 since the start of this year, according to the United Nations
Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
M23 rebels seen in centre of Goma, DRC, despite UN demand for them to leave, witnesses say
M23 vows to defend Tutsi interests, particularly against ethnic Hutu militias such as the FDLR, which was founded by Hutus who fled Rwanda after participating in the 1994 genocide of more than 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN
Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and "is still very much ongoing ... it's not over yet," senior U.N. official in Congo, Bruno Lemarquis, said on Monday after Rwandan-backed M23 rebels claimed to have control of Goma.
DRC: Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim Goma, Congo cites a 'declaration of war'
The M23 took Goma, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, once before in 2012, withdrawing after international pressure was put on Rwanda. In a statement, the rebels urged residents to remain calm.
M23 takeover of Goma to boost illicit mineral trade - analysts
There is a lack of transparency of the mining operations and... a lack of transparency of the geological information,” Jean Pierre Okenda, a Congo-based rights lawyer specialised in extractive industries Thank you for reading Nation.
M23 rebels in Goma: gains to boost illicit mineral trade through Rwanda, analysts say
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
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Prez mourns DRC fallen
Ramaphosa mourned the death of the 13 SANDF soldiers in the ongoing fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
M23 rebels advance as efforts to contain DRC crisis intensify
Rwanda-backed fighters were in control of almost the entire city of Goma in the DR Congo on Wednesday, as residents began to ...
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DRC/Rwanda: Kagame, Tshisekedi to attend crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in the balance
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...
Embassies in Kinshasa attacked over Rwanda as conflict rages in DRC's Goma
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired tear gas at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, after ...